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Episode 2

Episode 2 of 3

A look behind the scenes at the Port of Southampton and at a few of the people who keep the port running. Plus, the sailors who enjoy the annual cricket match at Bramble Bank.

Hundreds of people who keep the port running are often hidden from view. Peter Roberts is a bunkering tanker skipper providing fuel for ships around the port, while Chase Wyeth's job as a tug skipper may involve some very unsavoury tasks. But the water is at the heart of people's pastimes as well as their work. Volunteers on a vintage steamship view it as an 'allotment at sea', while weekend sailors also uphold a bastion of English eccentricity - the annual cricket match at the Bramble Bank in the middle of the Solent.

Narrated by John Altman.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 25 Apr 2018 19:30

Music Played

  • Willy Mason

    I Got Gold

  • Benjamin Francis Leftwich

    Atlas Hands

  • The 1975

    Chocolate

  • The Naked and Famous

    Hearts Like Ours

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator John Altman
Series Producer Adam Keelan
Executive Producer Jane French

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